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2025 PMC Kids Rides

Westwood

Sunday,  May 18, 2025
Martha Jones School

 

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Event Details

  • Sunday, May 18, 2025
  • Martha Jones School
    80 Martha Jones Rd., Westwood, MA 02090
  • 8 to 11 am
  • Ages 2 to 15
  • Registration Fee: $20 
  • Required Fundraising Commitment: $40
  • Virtual (not in-person) event option available!
  • Contact: nfjames158@gmail.com

Welcome to the Westwood PMC Kids Ride

Join us at the Westwood PMC Kids Ride on Sunday, May 18! We hope that you will ride with us as we raise money for cancer research and treatment at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

If you would like to help plan the 2024 Westwood PMC Kids Ride, please contact Nancy James.

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Schedule of Events

  • 8 am – Registration opens, bike tune-ups, bike decorating
  • 8:50 am – Opening ceremonies and riders head out
  • 9:30 - 11 am – Post ride party! Riders and their families can enjoy refreshments, music, raffles announcements, and giveaways.

Families are encouraged to ride or walk to the event as parking will be limited. There is limited parking at the Martha Jones School!

Routes

Choose a route that is achievable. We encourage riders to go the distance but also want to make sure the event is enjoyable. 

  • Daniel's Tot Loop: In honor of Daniel, kids can ride on an enclosed loop. This is the perfect option for our younger crowd and those needing assistance with riding.
  • Allisa's Ride (1 mile): Perfect ride for kids just starting to ride a bike. Riders ride along a paved path through the woods and then onto streets that are closed to traffic. Riders can complete this closed loop as many times as they would like by 10 am. View route map here

Parents are welcome to ride with their children but must register as a volunteer.

  • Virtual Rider: Virtual riders are those who would prefer to ride on their own and not in person at the event. Virtual riders who raise $50 or more will receive an official PMC Kids Rides t-shirt and water bottle at the end of June for spring rides. Virtual riders have no registration fee or fundraising commitment.

About Alexa'a Awesome Obstacle Course

In April of 2010, Westwood resident, Alexa Kelly was diagnosed with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia at the age of 5. Alexa's Awesome Obstacle Course was established in her honor to enable younger kids to participate in the fun, community-building and fundraising of the PMC Westwood Kids Ride.  With her two-year battle behind her, Alexa is a happy and healthy and living life to the fullest.

Fundraising

The fundraising minimum for each rider is $40 and is due by September 1.

Riders who go above and beyond with their fundraising will be recognized as Heavy Hitters or Breakaway Fundraisers and will receive a special gift in recognition of their fundraising efforts.

  • Heavy Hitter – $500+, riders will receive a special PMC Kids Rides glow in the dark keychain and certificate.
  • Breakaway Fundraiser – $1,000+, riders will receive a special PMC Kids Rides branded insulated water bottle and certificate.

Fundraising Tips

  • Customize your rider profile page (set a goal, include why you are riding and a photo)
  • Set up a Facebook Fundraiser
  • Start your fundraising early
  • Send out hand-written letters or emails to your friends and family
Click here for more fundraising tips
Donate

Donate

100 percent of all rider-raised dollars go directly to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

Donate online or by check. Checks can be made payable to the Pan-Mass Challenge or PMC. Please send all checks to:

PMC Kids Rides
77 4th Ave
Needham, MA 02494

Make sure that the rider's name is listed so they can receive credit!

Donate to a Rider Donate to the Westwood Ride

Safety

The PMC Kids Rides program follows all public health regulations and guidelines for your area.


General Safety Tips!

  1. Wear a properly-fitted helmet (children are required to wear helmets when participating).
  2. Ride in control – this is not a race.
  3. Hands should remain on handlebars.
  4. Never wear any kind of headphones. You need to hear clearly.
  5. Follow the ride guides and volunteers.
  6. When passing other rides, make sure to yell “on your left!” Never pass riders on the right.
  7. If you need to slow down or stop to cross an intersection or obstacle, yell “slowing” or “stopping” to alert those behind you.

Each PMC Kids Ride has a licensed medical professional on site.

PMC Pedal Partner Program

The PMC Pedal Partner Program is a wonderful way for riders to connect with a child who has been affected by cancer. PMC Pedal Partners are pediatric oncology patients at the Jimmy Fund Clinic who are paired with PMC Kids Rides or PMC teams.

If you know a child in treatment at the Jimmy Fund who is interested in being a PMC Pedal Partner for a PMC Kids Ride, please contact Katie Iwanowicz, PMC Pedal Partner Program Coordinator, at katie@pmc.org 

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Artwork by a patient at the Jimmy Fund Clinic.

Local Sponsors

Thank you to our sponsors!

Sponsorship Opportunities

The Westwood PMC Kids Rides relies on local sponsors to help keep costs low and so that the PMC can continue to donate 100 percent of every rider-raised dollar directly to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. If you or your company are interested in becoming a sponsor or donating items (pizza, ice cream, snacks, sporting tickets, gift cards, baskets, etc), please click on the button below.

Contact Coordinator